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This is the moment an armed robber pointed a gun at a shopkeeper, pulled the trigger – but it failed to go off.

The raider escaped empty-handed from a Small Heath newsagents after the terrifying incident.

A brave shop worker refused to hand over cash to the suspected robber who had burst into A-Z News, in Coventry Road, at around 11.30pm on October 22. Police have only now released details about the incident.

He pointed a semi-automatic pistol at the 27-year-old sales assistant and demanded money from the till.

Luckily it did not fire and the suspect ran out of the shop and fled along nearby Regent Park Road.

The man wanted in connection with the incident is described as Asian, 5ft 9ins tall with black hair. He was wearing a hooded navy Nike jacket, white and blue Nike Air Max trainers, a cross body bag with a red Nike logo and a grey scarf covering his face.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact DC Jamie Simon at Birmingham Central police station on 101. Alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.